Joe S. Coker

Services for Joe S. Coker, 59, of Flint are scheduled for 11 A.M., Thursday at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home Chapel in Athens with Rev. Frank Upchurch officiating.Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park.Mr. Coker died July 13, 2009, in Tyler.He was born Sept. 9, 1949, in Athens to the late Charlie Curtis and Gladys Jewell Stephens Coker. Joe attended Athens High School and Henderson County Junior College. He joined the United States Marine Corp and served in the Vietnam War. He formerly worked for Jack L. Ward Surveyor in Athens and completed his career as a radiographer with H and H Xray Service, Inc.Survivors include his sister, Charlotte Stockard, of Dallas; and long-time companion, Karen Anderson, of Flint.Visitation will be at 10 A.M. until service time Thursday.You may sign the guest register or leave a message of condolence for the family at www.carrolllehr.com.